List of reptiles of California

List of reptiles of California lists all of the snakes, turtles and lizards found in California.

• ^[e] Endemic species.

• ^[i] Introduced species.

Contents 1 Lizards 1.1 Family Anguidae 1.2 Family Anniellidae 1.3 Family Crotaphytidae 1.4 Family Gekkonidae 1.5 Family Helodermatidae 1.6 Family Iguanidae 1.7 Family Phrynosomatidae 1.8 Family Scincidae 1.9 Family Teiidae 1.10 Family Xantusiidae 1.11 Family Chamaeleonidae 1.12 Family Lacertidae 2 Snakes 2.1 Family Boidae 2.2 Family Colubridae 3 Turtles 3.1 Family Cheloniidae 3.2 Family Chelydridae 3.3 Family Dermochelyidae 3.4 Family Emydidae 3.5 Family Kinosternidae 3.6 Family Testudinidae 3.7 Family Trionychidae 4 References

Lizards

Family Anguidae

Species	Common name
Elgaria coerulea	Northern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria multicarinata	Southern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria panamintina [e]	Panamint Alligator Lizard

Family Anniellidae

Species	Common name
Anniella pulchra	California Legless Lizard

Family Crotaphytidae

Species	Common name
Crotaphytus bicinctores	Great Basin Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus vestigium	Baja California Collared Lizard
Gambelia copeii	Cope's Leopard Lizard
Gambelia sila [e]	Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii	Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Family Gekkonidae

Species	Common name
Coleonyx switaki	Switak's Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus	Western Banded Gecko
Phyllodactylus nocticolus	Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus [i]	Mediterranean House Gecko
Tarentola mauritanica [i]	Moorish Wall Gecko

Family Helodermatidae

Species	Common name
Heloderma suspectum	Gila Monster

Family Iguanidae

Species	Common name
Dipsosaurus dorsalis	Desert Iguana
Sauromalus ater	Common Chuckwalla

Family Phrynosomatidae

Species	Common name
Callisaurus draconoides	Zebra-tailed Lizard
Petrosaurus mearnsi	Banded Rock Lizard
Phrynosoma blainvilli	Coast Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma douglasii	Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma mcallii	Flat-tail Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos	Desert Horned Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus	Common Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus magister	Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis	Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti	Granite Spiny Lizard
Uma inornata [e]	Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma notata	Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma scoparia	Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard
Urosaurus graciosus	Long-tailed Brush Lizard
Urosaurus nigricaudus	Baja California Brush Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus	Ornate Tree Lizard
Uta stansburiana	Common Side-blotched Lizard

Family Scincidae

Species	Common name
Eumeces gilberti	Gilbert's Skink
Eumeces skiltonianus	Western Skink

Family Teiidae

Species	Common name
Aspidoscelis hyperythra	Orange-throated Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris	Tiger Whiptail

Family Xantusiidae

Species	Common name
Xantusia gracilis [e]	Sandstone Night Lizard
Xantusia henshawi	Granite Night strawberry lizard
Xantusia riversiana [e]	Island Night Lizard
Xantusia sierrae [e]	Sierra Night Lizard
Xantusia vigilis	Desert Night Lizard
Xantusia wigginsi	Baja California Night Lizard

Family Chamaeleonidae

Species	Common name
Chamaeleo jacksonii [i]	Jackson's Chameleon

Family Lacertidae

Species	Common name
Podarcis siculus [i]	Southern Italian Wall Lizard

Snakes

Family Boidae

Species	Common name
Charina bottae	Northern Rubber Boa
Charina umbratica	Southern Rubber Boa
Lichanura trivirgata	Rosy Boa
Lichanura orcutti	Desert Rosy Boa

Family Colubridae

Species	Common name
Lampropeltis getula californiae	California kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata	California mountain kingsnake
Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus	Alameda whipsnake
Masticophis lateralis lateralis	Chaparral whipsnake
Pituophis catenifer annectens	San Diego gopher snake
Pituophis catenifer catenifer	Pacific gopher snake
Pituophis catenifer pumilis	Santa Cruz gopher snake
Thamnophis atratus atratus	Santa Cruz garter snake
Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus	Oregon garter snake
Thamnophis couchii	Sierra garter snake
Thamnophis elegans elegans	Mountain garter snake
Thamnophis ordinoides	Northwestern garter snake
Thamnophis atratus zaxanthus	Diablo Range garter snake

Turtles

Family Cheloniidae

Species	Common name
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas	Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa	Pacific Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Family Chelydridae

Species	Common name
Chelydra serpentina serpentina [i]	Eastern Snapping Turtle

Family Dermochelyidae

Species	Common name
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback Sea Turtle

Family Emydidae

Species	Common name
Chrysemys picta bellii [i]	Western Painted Turtle
Actinemys marmorata marmorata	Northern Pacific Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorata pallida	Southern Pacific Pond Turtle
Trachemys scripta elegans [i]	Red-eared Slider

Family Kinosternidae

Species	Common name
Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense	Sonoran Mud Turtle

Family Testudinidae

Species	Common name
Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise

Family Trionychidae

Species	Common name
Apalone spinifera emoryi [i]	Texas Spiny Softshell

References

• "California Reptiles and Amphibians". http://californiaherps.com/. 

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